CVE-2020-21681

Published: 10 August 2021

A global buffer overflow in the set_color component in genge.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into ge format.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 5.5

Status

Package	Release	Status
fig2dev Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	hirsute	Ignored (reached end-of-life)
	impish	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Ignored (out of standard support)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-21681
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/73/
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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